Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN DE LONG, OF MONROE, VISOONSIN.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification formingr part of Letters Patent No. 33,878, dated December 10, 1861.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN DE LONG, of Monroe, in the county of Greene and State of Visoonsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanyings, and .to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, lurking part of this specification, A represents the Wash-box, which is constructed in any of the usual Ways, but of a form similar to that in the drawings.

B represents a frame, which is made in two parts and hinged together, as shown at a1. On the under side of the frame are four staples d d-two upon eaeh portion-which are connected together by means of bars or rods C. Several staples may be used one behind the other, so that the rubber may be adjusted at dilerent angles. Upon the upper side of the frame are two pins on one side of the hinge and two staples upon the other. When Vframe in the position seen in Fig. 2.

the frame is straightened, as seen in Fig. 2, the pins are shoved endwise, so that they catch in the staples, and thus station the The frarneis provided either with an axle or with pins, which answer that purpose, on each side, and the axle or pins have proper bearings or journal-boxes in the sides of the box, soas to allow the frame to oseillate. The clothes are placed in the box and Washed by working the handle of the frame up and down, thus moving the rubber over the clothes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I Claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The employment of the adjustable hinged frame B, forming both a lever and rubber when constructed and arranged to operate with the boX A, as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN DE LONG.

Vitnesses:

T. H. EATON, J. JONES. 

